 Hotel
Soydan Afyon (20 Euro a night) |
The Phrygian Highlands can
only be reached by car or taxi. Although quite costly, I preferred to hire a guide as
well. He didn't speak any foreign language (and I don't speak Turkish), but I am happy he
was there showing me places I otherwise would have surely missed |
 View
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 Kapikaya
Image of Kybele carved in rock
(some 5 centuries before CE) |
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 In
the middle of nowhere.... |
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 Again
and again vandalism e.g. destruction |
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 The
glorious rock temple of Arslankaya, dedicated to Kybele |
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Kybele with two lions on each side. The lions represent Her
Son/Lovers. Only later the "beasts" got a human face.... |
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 Big
surprise: big lion |
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 Typical
shape of a "table mountain" |
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 Early
Hittite construction, so rare that even Queen Elisabeth II paid it a visit
(my guide proudly told me) |
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 Primordial
Phrygian landscape |
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 A
Kybele sanctuary collapsed |
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Nekropolis |
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